January 12 All Events |
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| January 12th, 2007 (January 12 2007) | Event | Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. | |
| January 12th, 2007 (January 12 2007) | Death | Sir James Killen, Australian politician (born in 1925) | |
| January 12th, 2007 (January 12 2007) | Death | Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (born in 1937) | |
| January 12th, 2006 (January 12 2006) | Event | The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council. | |
| January 12th, 2006 (January 12 2006) | Event | A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. | |
| January 12th, 2006 (January 12 2006) | Event | Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Agca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II. | |
| January 12th, 2006 (January 12 2006) | Event | The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship. | |
| January 12th, 2005 (January 12 2005) | Event | Deep Impact (space mission) launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket. | |
| January 12th, 2005 (January 12 2005) | Death | Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (born in 2003) | |
| January 12th, 2005 (January 12 2005) | Death | Amrish Puri, Indian actor (born in 1932) | |
| January 12th, 2005 (January 12 2005) | Death | Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (born in 1914) | |
| January 12th, 2004 (January 12 2004) | Event | The world s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. | |
| January 12th, 2004 (January 12 2004) | Death | Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (born in 1921) | |
| January 12th, 2004 (January 12 2004) | Death | Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (born in 1955) | |
| January 12th, 2003 (January 12 2003) | Death | Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (born in 1912) | |
| January 12th, 2003 (January 12 2003) | Death | Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (born in 1930) | |
| January 12th, 2003 (January 12 2003) | Death | Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (born in 1926) | Leopoldo Galtieri Quotes |
| January 12th, 2003 (January 12 2003) | Death | Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (born in 1949) | |
| January 12th, 2003 (January 12 2003) | Death | Allan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (born in 1911) | |
| January 12th, 2002 (January 12 2002) | Death | Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (born in 1911) | |
| January 12th, 2002 (January 12 2002) | Death | Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (born in 1917) | |
| January 12th, 2001 (January 12 2001) | Death | Affirmed, American racehorse (born in 1975) | |
| January 12th, 2001 (January 12 2001) | Death | Luiz Bonfa, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born in 1922) | |
| January 12th, 2001 (January 12 2001) | Death | William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (born in 1913) | |
| January 12th, 2000 (January 12 2000) | Death | Marc Davis, American animator (born in 1913) | |
| January 12th, 2000 (January 12 2000) | Death | Bobby Phills, American basketball player (born in 1969) | |
| January 12th, 1999 (January 12 1999) | Death | Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (born in 1914) | |
| January 12th, 1999 (January 12 1999) | Death | Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1961) | |
| January 12th, 1998 (January 12 1998) | Event | Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. | |
| January 12th, 1997 (January 12 1997) | Death | Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (born in 1936) | |
| January 12th, 1997 (January 12 1997) | Death | Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1901) | |
| January 12th, 1996 (January 12 1996) | Death | Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (born in 1926) | |
| January 12th, 1995 (January 12 1995) | Event | Malcolm X s daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, is arrested for conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan. | Malcolm X Quotes |
| January 12th, 1995 (January 12 1995) | Birth | Laurel McGoff, American singer | |
| January 12th, 1992 (January 12 1992) | Event | A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali. | Ovid Quotes |
| January 12th, 1992 (January 12 1992) | Birth | Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol | |
| January 12th, 1991 (January 12 1991) | Event | Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. | |
| January 12th, 1991 (January 12 1991) | Death | Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (born in 1904) | |
| January 12th, 1990 (January 12 1990) | Birth | Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player | |
| January 12th, 1990 (January 12 1990) | Death | Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-born educator et writer (born in 1919) | |
| January 12th, 1988 (January 12 1988) | Birth | Chris Casement, Irish footballer | |
| January 12th, 1988 (January 12 1988) | Birth | Joseph Dundas, British TV Presenter | |
| January 12th, 1988 (January 12 1988) | Birth | Andrew Lawrence, American actor | |
| January 12th, 1988 (January 12 1988) | Death | Connie Mulder, South African politician (born in 1925) | |
| January 12th, 1987 (January 12 1987) | Birth | Will Rothhaar, American actor | |
| January 12th, 1987 (January 12 1987) | Birth | Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer | |
| January 12th, 1986 (January 12 1986) | Birth | Miguel Angel Nieto, Spanish footballer | |
| January 12th, 1985 (January 12 1985) | Birth | Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress | |
| January 12th, 1985 (January 12 1985) | Birth | Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer | |
| January 12th, 1984 (January 12 1984) | Birth | Scott Olsen, American baseball player | |
| January 12th, 1983 (January 12 1983) | Death | Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (born in 1944) | |
| January 12th, 1983 (January 12 1983) | Death | Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (born in 1903) | |
| January 12th, 1982 (January 12 1982) | Birth | Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer | |
| January 12th, 1982 (January 12 1982) | Birth | Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player | |
| January 12th, 1982 (January 12 1982) | Birth | Chris Ray, American baseball player | |
| January 12th, 1982 (January 12 1982) | Birth | Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper | |
| January 12th, 1982 (January 12 1982) | Birth | Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete | |
| January 12th, 1982 (January 12 1982) | Birth | Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player | |
| January 12th, 1981 (January 12 1981) | Birth | Dan Klecko, American football player | |
| January 12th, 1980 (January 12 1980) | Birth | Bobby Crosby, American baseball player | |
| January 12th, 1979 (January 12 1979) | Birth | Marian Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player | |
| January 12th, 1979 (January 12 1979) | Birth | Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer | |
| January 12th, 1978 (January 12 1978) | Birth | Amerie, American singer and songwriter | |
| January 12th, 1978 (January 12 1978) | Birth | Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher | |
| January 12th, 1978 (January 12 1978) | Birth | Jeremy Camp, American musician | |
| January 12th, 1978 (January 12 1978) | Birth | Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer | |
| January 12th, 1978 (January 12 1978) | Birth | Kim Sa Rang, Korean actress | |
| January 12th, 1978 (January 12 1978) | Birth | Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris) | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Birth | Dominic Etli, American soccer player | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Birth | Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Birth | Cade McNown, American football player | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Birth | Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Death | Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (born in 1907) | |
| January 12th, 1976 (January 12 1976) | Event | The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). | |
| January 12th, 1976 (January 12 1976) | Birth | Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer | |
| January 12th, 1976 (January 12 1976) | Death | Agatha Christie, English writer (born in 1890) | Agatha Christie Quotes |
| January 12th, 1975 (January 12 1975) | Birth | Jason Freese, American musician | |
| January 12th, 1975 (January 12 1975) | Birth | Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 12th, 1974 (January 12 1974) | Birth | Melanie Chisholm, British singer | |
| January 12th, 1974 (January 12 1974) | Birth | Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier | |
| January 12th, 1973 (January 12 1973) | Birth | Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay) | |
| January 12th, 1973 (January 12 1973) | Birth | Matt Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish) | |
| January 12th, 1973 (January 12 1973) | Birth | Hande Yener, Turkish singer | |
| January 12th, 1972 (January 12 1972) | Birth | Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi | |
| January 12th, 1972 (January 12 1972) | Birth | Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player | |
| January 12th, 1972 (January 12 1972) | Birth | Jason Sklar, American comedian | |
| January 12th, 1972 (January 12 1972) | Birth | Randy Sklar, American comedian | |
| January 12th, 1971 (January 12 1971) | Event | The Harrisburg Six: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. | Henry Kissinger Quotes |
| January 12th, 1970 (January 12 1970) | Event | Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. | |
| January 12th, 1970 (January 12 1970) | Birth | Raekwon, American rapper | |
| January 12th, 1970 (January 12 1970) | Birth | Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine) | Zack de la Rocha Quotes |
| January 12th, 1969 (January 12 1969) | Birth | Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and TV producer | |
| January 12th, 1969 (January 12 1969) | Birth | Robert Prosinecki, Croatian footballer | |
| January 12th, 1968 (January 12 1968) | Birth | Keith Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter | |
| January 12th, 1968 (January 12 1968) | Birth | Rachael Harris, American actress | |
| January 12th, 1968 (January 12 1968) | Birth | Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer | |
| January 12th, 1968 (January 12 1968) | Birth | Heather Mills, British activist | |
| January 12th, 1968 (January 12 1968) | Birth | Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer | |
| January 12th, 1967 (January 12 1967) | Event | Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. | |
| January 12th, 1967 (January 12 1967) | Birth | Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel | |
| January 12th, 1966 (January 12 1966) | Event | Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
| January 12th, 1966 (January 12 1966) | Birth | Olivier Martinez, French actor | |
| January 12th, 1965 (January 12 1965) | Birth | Mark Moore, British record producer | |
| January 12th, 1965 (January 12 1965) | Birth | Rob Zombie, American musician | |
| January 12th, 1965 (January 12 1965) | Death | Lorraine Hansberry, American writer (born in 1936) | |
| January 12th, 1964 (January 12 1964) | Event | Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic. | |
| January 12th, 1964 (January 12 1964) | Birth | Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur | |
| January 12th, 1964 (January 12 1964) | Birth | Laura Gildemeister, Argentine tennis player | |
| January 12th, 1963 (January 12 1963) | Birth | Francois Girard, French-Canadian film director and screenwriter | |
| January 12th, 1962 (January 12 1962) | Death | Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist (born in 1869) | |
| January 12th, 1960 (January 12 1960) | Birth | Oliver Platt, Canadian actor | |
| January 12th, 1960 (January 12 1960) | Birth | Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player | |
| January 12th, 1960 (January 12 1960) | Death | Nevil Shute, English writer (born in 1899) | Nevil Shute Quotes |
| January 12th, 1959 (January 12 1959) | Birth | Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einsturzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) | |
| January 12th, 1959 (January 12 1959) | Birth | Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette) | |
| January 12th, 1959 (January 12 1959) | Birth | Nick Nairn, British celebrity chef | |
| January 12th, 1958 (January 12 1958) | Birth | Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach | |
| January 12th, 1958 (January 12 1958) | Death | Charles Mallory Hatfield, U.S. rainmaker (born in 1875) | |
| January 12th, 1957 (January 12 1957) | Birth | John Lasseter, American animation director | |
| January 12th, 1956 (January 12 1956) | Death | Norman Kerry, American actor (born in 1894) | |
| January 12th, 1955 (January 12 1955) | Birth | Rockne S. O Bannon, American screenwriter | |
| January 12th, 1954 (January 12 1954) | Birth | Howard Stern, American radio personality | |
| January 12th, 1952 (January 12 1952) | Birth | Charles Faulkner, American motivational speaker and author | |
| January 12th, 1952 (January 12 1952) | Birth | Walter Mosley, American author | |
| January 12th, 1952 (January 12 1952) | Birth | John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner | |
| January 12th, 1951 (January 12 1951) | Birth | Kirstie Alley, American actress | |
| January 12th, 1951 (January 12 1951) | Birth | Ann Althouse, American law professor | |
| January 12th, 1951 (January 12 1951) | Birth | Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality and political commentator | Rush Limbaugh Quotes |
| January 12th, 1950 (January 12 1950) | Birth | Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician | |
| January 12th, 1950 (January 12 1950) | Birth | Goran Lindblad, Swedish politician | |
| January 12th, 1950 (January 12 1950) | Birth | Bob McEwen, American politician | |
| January 12th, 1950 (January 12 1950) | Birth | Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland | |
| January 12th, 1950 (January 12 1950) | Birth | Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (died in 1992) | |
| January 12th, 1949 (January 12 1949) | Birth | Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (died in 2007) | |
| January 12th, 1949 (January 12 1949) | Birth | Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager | |
| January 12th, 1949 (January 12 1949) | Birth | Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist | |
| January 12th, 1949 (January 12 1949) | Birth | Michael W. Vannier, American radiologist | |
| January 12th, 1949 (January 12 1949) | Birth | Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American film director | An Wang Quotes |
| January 12th, 1948 (January 12 1948) | Birth | Kenny Allen, English footballer | |
| January 12th, 1948 (January 12 1948) | Birth | Anthony Andrews, English actor | |
| January 12th, 1948 (January 12 1948) | Birth | Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (died in 2001) | |
| January 12th, 1948 (January 12 1948) | Birth | William Nicholson, English writer | |
| January 12th, 1946 (January 12 1946) | Birth | Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure | |
| January 12th, 1946 (January 12 1946) | Birth | George Duke, American musician | |
| January 12th, 1946 (January 12 1946) | Birth | Cynthia Robinson, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone) | |
| January 12th, 1945 (January 12 1945) | Event | World War II: The Soviets begin a large offensive against the Nazis in Eastern Europe. | |
| January 12th, 1945 (January 12 1945) | Birth | Maggie Bell, Scottish singer (Stone the Crows) | |
| January 12th, 1944 (January 12 1944) | Birth | Joe Frazier, American boxer | |
| January 12th, 1944 (January 12 1944) | Birth | Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian euthanasia advocate | |
| January 12th, 1944 (January 12 1944) | Birth | Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian chess player | |
| January 12th, 1944 (January 12 1944) | Birth | Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist | |
| January 12th, 1944 (January 12 1944) | Birth | Carlos Villagran, Mexican actor | |
| January 12th, 1944 (January 12 1944) | Death | Lance C. Wade, American pilot (born in 1915) | |
| January 12th, 1943 (January 12 1943) | Death | Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (born in 1902) | |
| January 12th, 1942 (January 12 1942) | Event | President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. | |
| January 12th, 1942 (January 12 1942) | Birth | Bernardine Dohrn, former leader of the radical leftist organization Weather Underground | |
| January 12th, 1941 (January 12 1941) | Birth | Long John Baldry, British blues singer (died in 2005) | |
| January 12th, 1940 (January 12 1940) | Event | World War II: Soviets bombs cities in Finland. | |
| January 12th, 1940 (January 12 1940) | Death | Edward Smith, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born in 1899) | |
| January 12th, 1938 (January 12 1938) | Birth | Lewis Fiander, Australian actor | |
| January 12th, 1938 (January 12 1938) | Death | Gosta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (born in 1890) | |
| January 12th, 1937 (January 12 1937) | Birth | Marie Dubois, French actress | |
| January 12th, 1937 (January 12 1937) | Birth | Shirley Eaton, British actress | |
| January 12th, 1937 (January 12 1937) | Birth | Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (died in 2002) | |
| January 12th, 1935 (January 12 1935) | Birth | Kreskin, American mentalist | |
| January 12th, 1935 (January 12 1935) | Birth | Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress | |
| January 12th, 1934 (January 12 1934) | Death | Pawel Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer and arranger (born in 1887) | |
| January 12th, 1933 (January 12 1933) | Birth | Michael Aspel, English broadcaster | |
| January 12th, 1932 (January 12 1932) | Event | Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. | |
| January 12th, 1932 (January 12 1932) | Birth | Des O Connor, British television presenter | |
| January 12th, 1930 (January 12 1930) | Birth | Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (died in 1974) | |
| January 12th, 1930 (January 12 1930) | Birth | Glenn Yarborough, American singer | |
| January 12th, 1929 (January 12 1929) | Birth | Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottis-born American philosopher | Philo Quotes |
| January 12th, 1928 (January 12 1928) | Birth | Ruth Brown, American singer (died in 2006) | |
| January 12th, 1928 (January 12 1928) | Birth | Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver | |
| January 12th, 1926 (January 12 1926) | Birth | Morton Feldman, American composer | Morton Feldman Quotes |
| January 12th, 1926 (January 12 1926) | Birth | Ray Price, American singer | |
| January 12th, 1926 (January 12 1926) | Death | Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (born in 1864) | |
| January 12th, 1925 (January 12 1925) | Birth | Bill Burrud, American television host (died in 1990) | |
| January 12th, 1925 (January 12 1925) | Birth | Scottie MacGregor, American actress | |
| January 12th, 1924 (January 12 1924) | Birth | Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (died in 1998) | |
| January 12th, 1923 (January 12 1923) | Birth | Ira Hayes, American soldier (died in 1955) | |
| January 12th, 1922 (January 12 1922) | Birth | Tadeusz Zychiewicz, Polish journalist and art historian (died in 1994) | |
| January 12th, 1921 (January 12 1921) | Death | Gervase Elwes, English tenor (born in 1866) | |
| January 12th, 1920 (January 12 1920) | Birth | James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist (died in 1999) | |
| January 12th, 1920 (January 12 1920) | Birth | Prof Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist | |
| January 12th, 1918 (January 12 1918) | Event | Finland s "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens. | |
| January 12th, 1917 (January 12 1917) | Birth | Walter Hendl, American conductor (died in 2007) | |
| January 12th, 1917 (January 12 1917) | Birth | Jimmy Skinner, Canadian hockey coach (died in 2007) | |
| January 12th, 1917 (January 12 1917) | Birth | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (died in 2008) | |
| January 12th, 1916 (January 12 1916) | Birth | Pieter Willem Botha, South African politician (died in 2006) | |
| January 12th, 1916 (January 12 1916) | Birth | Jay McShann, American musician (died in 2006) | |
| January 12th, 1916 (January 12 1916) | Birth | William Pleeth, British cellist (died in 1999) | |
| January 12th, 1915 (January 12 1915) | Event | The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress. | The Rock Quotes |
| January 12th, 1915 (January 12 1915) | Event | The United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. | |
| January 12th, 1915 (January 12 1915) | Birth | Paul Jarrico, American writer (died in 1997) | |
| January 12th, 1915 (January 12 1915) | Birth | Joseph-Aurele Plourde, Catholic archbishop of Ottawa | |
| January 12th, 1911 (January 12 1911) | Event | The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees. | |
| January 12th, 1910 (January 12 1910) | Birth | Luise Rainer, German actress | |
| January 12th, 1909 (January 12 1909) | Death | Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (born in 1864) | |
| January 12th, 1908 (January 12 1908) | Event | A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. | |
| January 12th, 1908 (January 12 1908) | Birth | Jean Delannoy, French film director | |
| January 12th, 1908 (January 12 1908) | Birth | Clement Hurd, American illustrator (died in 1988) | |
| January 12th, 1907 (January 12 1907) | Birth | Patsy Kelly, American actress (died in 1981) | |
| January 12th, 1907 (January 12 1907) | Birth | Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (died in 1966) | |
| January 12th, 1906 (January 12 1906) | Event | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman s cabinet (which included amongst its members H.H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| January 12th, 1906 (January 12 1906) | Birth | Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (died in 1942) | |
| January 12th, 1905 (January 12 1905) | Birth | James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (died in 1997) | |
| January 12th, 1905 (January 12 1905) | Birth | Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (died in 1974) | |
| January 12th, 1904 (January 12 1904) | Birth | Fred McDowell, American blues musician (died in 1972) | |
| January 12th, 1903 (January 12 1903) | Birth | Igor_Kurchatov, Russian physicist , (died in 1960) | |
| January 12th, 1899 (January 12 1899) | Birth | Pierre Bernac, French baritone (died in 1979) | |
| January 12th, 1899 (January 12 1899) | Birth | Paul Hermann Muller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1965) | |
| January 12th, 1899 (January 12 1899) | Death | Hiram Walker, American distiller (born in 1816) | |
| January 12th, 1898 (January 12 1898) | Event | Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan. | |
| January 12th, 1897 (January 12 1897) | Death | Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (born in 1813) | |
| January 12th, 1896 (January 12 1896) | Birth | David Wechsler, American psychologist (d.1981) | |
| January 12th, 1895 (January 12 1895) | Event | The National Trust is founded in Britain. | |
| January 12th, 1894 (January 12 1894) | Birth | Georges Carpentier, French boxer (died in 1975) | |
| January 12th, 1893 (January 12 1893) | Birth | Hermann Goring, German Nazi official (died in 1946) | Hermann Goring Quotes |
| January 12th, 1893 (January 12 1893) | Birth | Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (died in 1946) | Alfred Rosenberg Quotes |
| January 12th, 1892 (January 12 1892) | Birth | Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (died in 1976) | |
| January 12th, 1884 (January 12 1884) | Birth | Texas Guinan, American actress (died in 1933) | |
| January 12th, 1882 (January 12 1882) | Birth | Milton Sills, American actor (died in 1930) | |
| January 12th, 1879 (January 12 1879) | Birth | Ray Harroun, American race car driver (died in 1968) | |
| January 12th, 1878 (January 12 1878) | Birth | Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian writer (died in 1952) | |
| January 12th, 1877 (January 12 1877) | Birth | Frank J. Corr, American politician (died in 1934) | |
| January 12th, 1876 (January 12 1876) | Birth | Jack London, American author (died in 1916) | Jack London Quotes |
| January 12th, 1876 (January 12 1876) | Birth | Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (died in 1948) | |
| January 12th, 1875 (January 12 1875) | Event | Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. | An Wang Quotes |
| January 12th, 1873 (January 12 1873) | Birth | Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (died in 1940) | |
| January 12th, 1872 (January 12 1872) | Event | Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. | |
| January 12th, 1866 (January 12 1866) | Event | The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. | |
| January 12th, 1863 (January 12 1863) | Birth | Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (died in 1902) | Swami Vivekananda Quotes |
| January 12th, 1860 (January 12 1860) | Birth | Henry Larkin, American baseball player (died in 1942) | |
| January 12th, 1856 (January 12 1856) | Birth | John Singer Sargent, American artist (died in 1925) | |
| January 12th, 1856 (January 12 1856) | Death | Ludovit Stur, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (born in 1815) | |
| January 12th, 1852 (January 12 1852) | Birth | Joseph Joffre, French general (died in 1931) | |
| January 12th, 1849 (January 12 1849) | Birth | Jean Beraud, French painter (died in 1935) | |
| January 12th, 1848 (January 12 1848) | Event | The Palermo rising in Sicily rises against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies. | |
| January 12th, 1834 (January 12 1834) | Death | William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1759) | William King Quotes |
| January 12th, 1833 (January 12 1833) | Death | Marie-Antoine Careme, French chef (born in 1784) | |
| January 12th, 1829 (January 12 1829) | Death | Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet (born in 1772) | |
| January 12th, 1822 (January 12 1822) | Birth | Etienne Lenoir, French engineer (died in 1900) | |
| January 12th, 1817 (January 12 1817) | Death | Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (born in 1740) | |
| January 12th, 1810 (January 12 1810) | Birth | King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (died in 1859) | |
| January 12th, 1808 (January 12 1808) | Event | The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh. | |
| January 12th, 1797 (January 12 1797) | Birth | Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (died in 1873) | |
| January 12th, 1792 (January 12 1792) | Birth | Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (died in 1841) | |
| January 12th, 1786 (January 12 1786) | Birth | Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (died in 1855) | |
| January 12th, 1781 (January 12 1781) | Death | Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (born in 1691) | |
| January 12th, 1777 (January 12 1777) | Event | Mission Santa Clara de Asis is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California. | |
| January 12th, 1777 (January 12 1777) | Death | Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (born in 1726) | |
| January 12th, 1773 (January 12 1773) | Event | The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina. | |
| January 12th, 1772 (January 12 1772) | Birth | Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (died in 1839) | |
| January 12th, 1765 (January 12 1765) | Death | Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (born in 1696) | |
| January 12th, 1759 (January 12 1759) | Death | Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (born in 1709) | |
| January 12th, 1751 (January 12 1751) | Birth | Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (died in 1825) | |
| January 12th, 1746 (January 12 1746) | Birth | Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (died in 1827) | |
| January 12th, 1735 (January 12 1735) | Death | John Eccles, English composer (born in 1668) | |
| January 12th, 1732 (January 12 1732) | Death | John Horsley, British archaeologist (born in 1685) | |
| January 12th, 1729 (January 12 1729) | Birth | Edmund Burke, Irish statesman (died in 1797) | Edmund Burke Quotes |
| January 12th, 1723 (January 12 1723) | Birth | Samuel Langdon, American college educator (died in 1797) | |
| January 12th, 1721 (January 12 1721) | Birth | Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (died in 1792) | |
| January 12th, 1716 (January 12 1716) | Birth | Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (died in 1795) | |
| January 12th, 1715 (January 12 1715) | Birth | Jacques Duphly, French composer (died in 1789) | |
| January 12th, 1705 (January 12 1705) | Death | Luca Giordano, Italian artist (born in 1634) | |
| January 12th, 1700 (January 12 1700) | Death | Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (born in 1620) | |
| January 12th, 1674 (January 12 1674) | Death | Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (born in 1605) | |
| January 12th, 1665 (January 12 1665) | Death | Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (born in 1601) | |
| January 12th, 1628 (January 12 1628) | Birth | Charles Perrault, French folklorist (died in 1703) | Charles Perrault Quotes |
| January 12th, 1597 (January 12 1597) | Birth | Francois Duquesnoy, French sculptor (died in 1643) | |
| January 12th, 1591 (January 12 1591) | Birth | Jose Ribera, Spanish painter (died in 1652) | |
| January 12th, 1580 (January 12 1580) | Birth | Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (died in 1600) | |
| January 12th, 1577 (January 12 1577) | Birth | Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (died in 1644) | |
| January 12th, 1576 (January 12 1576) | Birth | Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (died in 1660) | |
| January 12th, 1562 (January 12 1562) | Birth | Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (died in 1630) | |
| January 12th, 1539 (January 12 1539) | Event | Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. | Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Quotes |
| January 12th, 1528 (January 12 1528) | Event | Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden. | |
| January 12th, 1519 (January 12 1519) | Death | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1459) | |
| January 12th, 1483 (January 12 1483) | Birth | Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (died in 1538) | |
| January 12th, 1321 (January 12 1321) | Death | Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (born in 1256) | |
| January 12th, 0475 (January 12 0475) | Event | Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople. | |
